IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rousseau
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966MI013004
  • User Pedon ID: S1966MI013004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966MI013004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1925
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36083
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 46.7463875
  • Std. Longitude: -88.5500488
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 50N
  • Range: 34W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, NW 1/4
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI013—Baraga
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI913—Baraga County Area, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46088-F5—Baraga Plains, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E.P. Whiteside and R. Johnson
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rousseau
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed Typic Udipsamments
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1966
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: dune
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1966 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PIBA2

    PIRE

    Pinus banksiana

    Pinus resinosa

    jack pine

    red pine

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    11

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    813

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    5.6

    16.1

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    O2—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) fine sand; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15315
    A2—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), dry; fine sand; weak medium and coarse granular structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15316
    B21ir—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine sand; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky parts to weak coarse granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15317. less roots than in the A1 horizon
    B22ir—23 to 39 centimeters (9.1 to 15.4 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine sand; weak coarse granular parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15318
    B3—39 to 54 centimeters (15.4 to 21.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15319
    C1—54 to 72 centimeters (21.3 to 28.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15320
    C2—72 to 122 centimeters (28.3 to 48.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) fine sand; single grain parts to weak medium platy parts to weak thick platy; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15321
    2C3—122 to 188 centimeters (48.0 to 74.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) very fine sand; weak thin platy parts to weak medium platy structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15322